Re: Bug#589229: vmfs-tools: possible FHS violation, as fsck.vmfs is not in /sbin
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:42:07PM +0200, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Package: vmfs-tools
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 9.1.1
>
>
> Hi.
>
> I might have spotted a policy violation here (therefore the sevirity serious).
>
> Policy section 9.1.1. specifies:
> "The location of all installed files and directories must comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy
> Standard (FHS), version 2.3, with the exceptions noted below,..."
>
> The FHS in turn specifies:
> "The following files, or symbolic links to files, must be in /sbin if the corresponding subsystem is installed:
> ...
> fsck.*
> mkfs.*
> "
> (see http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SPECIFICOPTIONS8).
>
>
> As far as I can tell this is not the case, right?
>
> I also do not see any exception for this in section 9.1.1.
>
>
> I don't judge whether /sbin is really a better location,.... just wanted to bring this to your
> attention :)
That was actually done so on purpose, because while the intent is that
the program is a normal fsck program, at the moment, it really doesn't
do much, and doesn't work as people using /sbin/fsck would expect it to.
So until the program actually does what it is intended to, I'm not
exactly sure it is safe to put it in /sbin. OTOH, I could rename it, but
except for nitpicking, what exactly would be the point?
What do fellow developpers think?
Mike
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